O.........K! so, I have more things to tell you than I have time to tell you. So I'm going to start with one, and hopefully I'll have time in the future to write the others. I don't have a lot of time to email and yesterday didn't work.

First, I want to explain my current situation and how it came about. So, right now I'm in the library with Elder Ramos and Elder Parry. Elder Parry is my new district leader. This morning, they picked me up from my old district leader's apartment. I spent the night with him and his companion last night because Elder Mercy was spending the night at the mission home. Yesterday, Mercy was supposed to be at the mission home at 4pm and we had all day to prepare for it. In the morning, we went and played basketball. Then we went to lunch around noon. We got home around 1 maybe, and he started doing some packing. He was up all night the night before packing, which kept me up too.

Anyway, we needed a ride to drop me off with the other elders and to take Mercy to the mission home. So a member came and we waited for Mercy to finish packing. It was about 4:15 when he finally came out with his bags and stuff. They dropped me off, I looked through the window at Elder Mercy and signed "I love you" and his last words to me were "If there are any problems let me know, we'll be in touch" Then they drove off.

Then I spent the rest of the day with the other elders and it went well. I WILL BE IN A TRIPANIONSHIP. 3 of us. Elder Henrie, me, and Elder Erickson. Erickson is an English missionary who doesn't know any sign language. We will be doing more English work than ASL.  At least for this transfer. (6 weeks) I have a meeting today at 2 to learn how to train...and I expect Elder Erickson will be there by that time. I still haven't met him. It's almost noon. He was supposed to be here yesterday and it would have saved a lot of confusion and craziness.

Anyway, at 4 today, we will meet with Elder Henrie and go to the mission home for dinner and testimony meeting and all that good stuff. Then we can finally get home and figure out what to do with all Elder Mercy's stuff. The house is full of it. ? He did say that he's coming back to visit and he'll get some things to take home at that time, but for now, he's just going to leave it where it is. I, personally, will put everything in boxes, and put them somewhere out of the way, out of the goodness of my heart. Oh, I'm such a sweetie I know I know.

Anyway, I'm excited to tell you of my amazing experiences next time I email. Hopefully it will be more predictable than it has been. This email is probably the most boring of them all, but I felt like somebody had to know my situation for yesterday and today. UGH. We have a lot of work to do now. With the English ward and all that. Before, with the ASL, we weren't teaching anyone, we never taught lessons, talked to people, ...it didn't feel like being a missionary...not that I know how it feels...yet. But now, things will change and be better. I will teach, I will baptize, and I will feel like a real missionary!

Anyway, lots of change and lots of big plans for the near future. Next week's email should be the most exciting. To make up for this one. I cut my hair by the way. It's short.

Elder Peck

PS If you send cake stuff, I'll have to bake it at the church, or at some members house, or ask someone with an oven to bake it for me. . . I won't eat it anyway. I never eat anything. I eat dinner and lunch every once in a while....thanks for the thought but I had to be honest. I really don't want anything for my birthday. It's not a milestone or anything important. thank you